Submarine loaded with $18 million worth of cocaine purchased by Jalisco New Generation Cartel is intercepted by Colombian authorities
By Adry Torres
Daily Mail
August 28, 2020
Colombian authorities intercepted a narco-submarine transporting $18 million worth of cocaine for Mexico's fastest-growing cartel.
The
massive drug bust was made 52 miles off the Pacific coast city of
Tumaco on Sunday and netted the arrest of three individuals who were
manning the submarine.
According to the
National Defense Ministry, the submarine is valued at $1.2 million and
has sufficient space to transport up to three tons of cocaine.
The
vessel was also equipped with a special satellite navigation system
that programmed its arrival in Jalisco, Mexico, in the first week of
September.
Intelligence reports revealed the shipment
had been arranged by the Grupos Armados Organizados Residuales E-30
[Residual Organized Armed Groups], considered one of the most dangerous
criminal syndicates in Colombia with links to murders and kidnappings in
the provinces of Nariño and Cauca.
The
group had entered an agreement to sell 1,055 kilos of cocaine to the
Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the most powerful criminal
organizations in Mexico, and drop off the delivery in Costa Careyes, an
exclusive resort town off the Pacific Ocean.
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel's
influence rivals that of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán old Sinaloa Cartel,
which is now operated by his sons, the organization's co-founder Ismael
'El Mayo' Zambada, and Rafael Caro Quintero.
The
Jalisco network is led by Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera, for whom the
Drug Enforcement Agency is offering a $10million reward for information
leading to his capture.
His cartel has a
presence in 24 of 32 states in Mexico and has shipped cocaine, heroin,
methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced heroin to the United States.
The
Colombian narco submarine seizure comes nine months after Spanish
authorities intercepted a vessel with $121million worth of cocaine
following a week-long, 4,800-mile voyage.
EDITOR'S NOTE: A significant victory in the war on drugs.
EDITOR'S NOTE: A significant victory in the war on drugs.
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